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The Transmission of the Thig-le bcu-drug and the Bka' gdams glegs bam
The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism. PIATS 2000: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
Format: Conference Paper
Publication Date: 200200/2002
Publisher: Brill
Place of Publication: Leiden; Boston; Köln
Pages: 29-56
Sources ID: 123451
Visibility: Public (group default)
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A study of The Book of the Kadam[pa Tradition] (bka' gdams glegs bam) with special attention paid to the practice of the "Sixteen Spheres" (thig le bcu drug). The paper looks into the transmission of the text and the practice, and their influence on Avalokiteśvara related practices and iconography.

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International Association of Tibetan Studies